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Mozilla Project Officially Releases Firefox 0.9

Posted by timothy on from the better-browsing dept.

_xeno_ writes "The last release candidate was apparently good enough, because Mozilla Firefox 0.9 has now been officially released. New features since 0.8 are, of course, basically the same as in the Release Candidate, including the new Pinstripe theme for Windows and the GTK+ installer for Linux users. The biggest change since the Release Candidate is that this release should ask you to migrate your profile instead of just trashing it. So head over to the Firefox homepage and get downloading, or check out the Release Notes to find out exactly what's new." mE123 adds "You can get it from plain old HTTP or from fancy new BitTorrent", and points out that (compared to 0.8), "this release includes tons of bug/stability fixes, a %3 speed up, a new theme and plugin management system, a new standard windows theme, and a smaller windows installer."

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  1. I miss from Mozilla... by RedVortex · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The thing I miss the most from the Mozilla is the ability to type something to search directly in the address bar press the down arrow (selecting: search google for...) then [enter]... No need to add another space wasting thingy just for searches.

    Sorry but I really can't get over it, I loved that feature. I was using it all the time...

    Also, I still have some rendering problems with slashdot, sometimes the page renders on two side-to-side pages, very weird, it's happening right now, when I click preview, I have to scroll right to see the preview and the post comment boxes, all the rest is at the left, very weird...

    Well, we're still under 1.0 ... Then again, just check MSIE, they are at 6.x and they still can't get everything right, hehehe

    RedVortex
    -- Please direct all bugs reports to /dev/null...

  2. A little disappointed by 89cents · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have been using Pheonix -> Firebird -> Firefox for a while now which much adore, but I am skepitcal of this release. I do not like the new theme so much but changing to small icons is better.
    I not so sure about this new "Software Update" section under Tools -> Options -> Advance.
    "Periodically check for updates"? No thanks.

    "Allow websites to install software"? Is this now another IE? No thanks. Well, maybe it's much more secure.

    "Select new tabs opened from links" What does that mean? Oh, I think it was the old "Open new tabs in the background" option which was more intuitive.

    Well that's just what I see on the front end so far. As long as they fixed some of the bugs, like "the page / can not be found" when hittting the back button. I also hope mouse over text for the tabs no longer gets in my way of pressing a tab. I have seen many websites freeze the browser which is very annoying, so hopefully those bugs are fixed to.

  3. Re:Anything's better than a turd by spectre_240sx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Being that IE is the most commonly used browser, I have to disagree here. I think it's a fine baseline to compare to.